BT is claiming to be the the first pay-TV provider in the UK to offer movies to buy-to-keep as well as rent. Customers will now be able to buy many of the latest blockbusters from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, along with a selection of modern greats and classics, on […]
Internet television network Netflix has confirmed a third season of its award-winning drama series House of Cards in advance of the Season 2 premiere on February 14th. The news represents the first renewal for the political thriller, which Netflix originally commissioned with an upfront two-season order. “Our intent is that the show keep going for […]
UK quad-play operator TalkTalk added 175,000 TV customers in its 2013/14 Q3, according to its Q3 Interim Management Statement. The additional numbers take the viewing base to 732,000. TalkTalk also reported that 197,000 TVoD pay- per-view movies had been taken by TV customers, compared with 123,000 for Q2. Total revenue rose 5.1 per cent to […]
Netflix has confirmed it is seeking to offer $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024 to institutional investors – funds it expects to use for acquiring original content and expanding into Europe. The online streaming giant had disclosed plans to raise the additional debt when it reported fourth-quarter 2013 earnings last month. […]
Ramping up its content exclusivity as it competes with other online entertainment platforms, streaming subscription service Hulu Plus has acquired subscription video on demand (SVoD) rights for the critically-acclaimed CBS drama Elementary. It has the rights to offer complete past seasons of episodes of the Sherlock Holmes-themed drama to its subscribers after each season has […]
Internet TV streaming service FilmOn X has submitted a motion to the US Supreme Court requesting that its legal representatives be allowed to file briefs and address the justices in oral arguments in the forthcoming court proceedings brought by a group of broadcasters against rival service Aereo, amid fears that Aereo will use the copyright […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo plans to launch its technology in Greater San Antonio region on February 19th. Greater San Antonio includes a 22-county area across Texas. In January 2013, Aereo said that it intended to expand to 22 new US cities beyond its New York initial launch during the course of the year, but […]
As the 2014 RBS Six Nations Rugby tournament kicked off on February 1st, multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service Simplestream confirmed that it has been selected by Discovery’s DMAX Italia to stream games in Italy. Discovery Networks recently announced that it had signed a four-year deal exclusively acquiring sports rights to broadcast across TV, […]
IDATE has published the latest edition of its TV and new video services market report and database, delivering key data on this ever-changing market. At a time when video has become pervasive across all screens, most national TV markets are losing steam: shrinking viewership and pressure on advertising markets, especially in Europe. Although pay-TV seems […]
Pokemon and Hulu have struck a deal to bring animated titles based on the popular video game franchise to the free Hulu service and the subscription Hulu Plus. All visitors to Hulu.com in the US can now watch the Pokemon Origins animated special, which tells the story in the first videogames, as well as five […]